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Show TIMBER SALES MAKING GAINS r Forest Service Confronted With New Problem in Meeting Demand. Thp rapid Increase In the timber blisinem of the forest service, which is now cutting about 800. Ooo 000 feet of timber per year and, Judged by the steadily Increasing demand, ex-. ex-. pects to be cutting about four billion feet per year within the next five years, was the question discussed at the ronfereneet held by forest service officials at Cooley, Ariz., according I to iMMriet forest, r j: : n 1 1, .); . , who returned from there this morn-. morn-. inL-. j Ways and means of Increasing the j efficiency of the forest service cm-lployees cm-lployees in order that the Increased Remand might bo met and methods I of organization and management were ! djsc us-ed. he sold I He was accompanied on his trip j back by Supervisor 8. YV. Stoddard ! of the Targheo national forest with ! headquarters at St Anthonv. bin. j Assistant Distil, t Forester C. W, Morse of the department of management manage-ment of district four, who was also I at the conference, left at its con- elusion for Los Angeles. Cal.. on his return t rip. During the trln to Coolpy. whlrh was by the way of the ICalbab national ! forest District Forester Rutledjgre ani his party looked into the question ( 'the roods adjacent to the national (forests and paid particular attention i to the road from Fredonia to the ICalbab forest, 'art of it. he said, j was in very bad condition. They crossed the Grand canyon of the Colorado by the Uright Angel trail, and pro ee.l. 1 to Cooiey. whu h Is lo. ated 75 miles south of Holhrook. lArlz. . I oo |